Golf-club.



L. H. VORIES.

GOLF CLUB.

APPLICA'HON FILED APR-5119M.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

ATTORNE i .To all whore it may concern in is'a full, clear, and ex Q18 both UNITED STATES LOUIS H. vonms, or new YORK, N. Y.

GOLF-CLUB.

'Be it known thatI Louis citizen of the Unitciil States, residing at the city of New York, borough, of Manhattan, in the (munty and State of New York, have *inventml certain new and useful Improvements in Golf-Clubs, of which the followact specification.

y inventio'ii relates .to improvements in thattvpeof golf clubs in which the head adjustableand reversible so as to H. foams, a

permit of said head being adjusted to differant angles relative to the shaft in order to b for use in making different klnds ofstrokes, and also to adapt said club left-liail'ded'as well as by righted players. .1 i i urther, said invention has for its object to provide a olf club comprising a revolu ble head, an a shaft to receive said head which will automatically allow f()l.\\'lll of to provide a golf club in which the mg means is positive in 88 after long, contin the interengaging parts and insure of the same being capable of rigid securement ued or repeated adjustmentvind use. I

Further, said invention has for its object movable or adjustable head isconstructed to receive its supporting shaft and fully conceal the inter-engaging parts and to protect the same against the entrance of foreign matter.

F urther, said invention has for its object to provide a golf. club in which the securits action, and y be quickly and easily actuated which ma n changes in without "the use of tools who the position of the head relative to the shaft are to be madel Further, said invention has for its object to provide a %golf club comprising a movable head and a s iaft therefor 'in which the adfasting and securing means are so constructwholly contained w .45

ed and arranged that the several parts are ithinthe head, and only "the finalor actual securing member which extends slightly beyond the head at the free end thereof be exposed to view.

:Other objects will in part be obvious and in )art be pointed out hereinafter.

o the attainment of theaforesaid objects and ends my invention consists in the novel gdetails fconstruction, and in the combination, connection and f part8 r ina e mo mix e t P ised out w the Specification of Letters Patent. Pate ted It! r. Application filed April 5, 1916. Serial No. 89,005.

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I 'J i .0; longitudinal recesses fio wbich are adapt- In the accompanyi 1g part of this specificzuion, wherein like numerals of reference in licate like parts,

Figure 1 a side v ew showing one form of golf club construczed according to and embodying my said hi vention';

Fig. 2 is aside new partly in section showin the means If)! securingthe head to its shaft and shank; the said parts being shown with the head in its normal or adjusted position;

Fig. a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the securing means released and the head shifted longitudinally upon the shaft to permit of the adj lstment of the head relative to the shaft.

Fig. l is an cnlargciil detail sectimnll view of the adjusting means, and

l igs. 5 and (i arc cidviews shmving the head adjusted in opposite positions for use by right and by left-h mdcd players.

In said drawings desigi'iatcs a'tap'ered hollow shank adapted to receive the lower end of a shaffniadc oi' wood or-other suit abhmatcrial, and 11 d motes a head adjustably secured to said sl ank If). The shank 10 is provided at its lo\ 131' end with a shoulder 1:! from which extends a solid shaft 13 formed integrally with the shank 10. The

.shaft 13 is provided at its secured end with ,of said shaft 13, hnd ispri'ividcd with a,

series of longitudinal r: dial ')ro 'c(.:tions'14*. The conical member 1-? is separated from the shoulder 12 of the shank 10 so as to provide a space 15 between the rear side of said conical member a rid the face of the shoulder 12. The cuts] or free end of the shaft 13 is reduced in diameter and pro: vided upon its outer surface with screw tl'u'eads 16, and within said reduced outer end with a longitudinal threaded aperture.

The head 11 is provided with a central longitudinal opening 17 which extends entirely through said head 11. from end to end,

and'h'as a projecting fia:'1ge or rim 18 at its drawings forming I inner or rear eclge'which forms a socket 19 upon the inner end of said head of such diameter that the same will readily receive and inclose the shouldeigportion 12 at the" lower end of the shankw. The head ll" is iurtlier rovided at its inner endand d1- ufioining the socltet 19 wlth a. series the shaft 13 when the head 11 is properly and fully adjusted in position upon the shaft 13. x

The sleeve 21 is maintained within the spect to the outer end of the shaft,13' by means of a screw 24 whose head is disposed within the sleeve 21, and whose threaded ortion extendsthrough the opening at the "1116! end thereof, and fixedly engages the internal screw-threads rovided within the reduced end of the sha t 13. The arrangement of the screw 24, with relation to the I outer end of the reduced end of the shaft. is

such that when the under side of the head 24 engages with the shoulder formed at the inner end of the-sleeve 21., the head 11 may be drawn outwardly upon its shaft 13 to such an extent a will cause the longitudinal recesses 20 a the inner end thereof to be dis engaged from the longitudinal projections 14" on the conical member 14 of the shaft 13,

and permit of the head 11 being adjusted to men the proper adjustment has been effected and the head fully returned to its normal position with the recesses 20 thereof in engages ment with the projections on the conical member 14 on the shaft 13, the head of the screw 24 will come about' flush with the, outer edge of the head 11, and thus permit? of the sleeve 21 being rotated and the screw-' threads at the inner end thereof to become engaged with the screw-threads 16 provided upon the reduced end of the shaft 13. By.

rotating the sleeve 21 by means of the knurled head 22 thereon, the head 11 may thereupon be firmly secured in position upon its shaft and be held against movement both rotary and longitudinally thereon.

The operation of my improved club is for the most part obvious. Attention, however, is directed to the fact that when it is desired to make a change in the angle or position of the head relative to the shaftyit merely be comes necessary to unscrew the locking sleeve 21 from its engagement with the outer threaded end of the shaft 13, andthen draw said sleeve 21 outwardlyuntil the inner end? thereof engages with the under side of the head of the screw 24 when thefurther movement of said sleeve'will be arrested. Here- .upon, the head 11 is drawn outwardl upon the shaft, as far as it will go, when t e lon- 'gitudinal recesses20 at the inner end thereof will have become disengaged from the longitudinal projections 14 on the conical member 14,- and thus adjusted to any esired position. When the desired adjustment has effected the head 11 is again forced inwardly-as f :r as it will go,.and the locking sleeve 21 again screwed home upon the reduced end of the shaft 13, whereby the head 11 willbe rigidly secured in its adjusted position.

It will be noted that by -reason of the novel construction of'the inner end of the head 11 and the cooperating shoulder 12 and 'conical member 14 on'the shaft. 13, a rigid .head 11 and in operative relation with re fit will be insured atsaid point, and that such fit will be insured without regard to the number of times that the head 11 has been adjusted upon its shaft owing to the fact that'theconical member 14 has a slight rmit of the head 11 being taper which will serve to take up wear as the same occurs. By reason of the flang' tfi at the inner end of thehead 11. receiving and snuglyinclosing the shoulder portion '12 at the lower end of the shank 10, all

possibility of foreign matter or fluid entermg said head will be prevented, and all possibility of the parts becoming rusted or otherwise unduly secured together wholly precluded.

Further it is to be noted that if the head 11 is adjusted to the osition A, as indicated by broken lines at used in making a stymie shot, and that as the head is'three-faced, and all of said faces provided with lon 'tudinal grooves 11., each face has its uses spending upon the choice of the player.

Having thus described my said invention,

' what I claim and desire to secure b Letters Patent is 1. A golf club extending therefrom, a head adjustably mounted upon said shaft, holding means arranged partly upon said shaft and artly upon said head, a securing member on 1 tudinally-movable 'with reference to an d shaft adapted to engage with the end thereof and with the end of said head for securing 'said headto its adjusted position upon said shaft, and means for limiting the out ward movement of said member-, substantially as specified. f

2; A golf club comprising a shank, ashaft extending therefrom, a member secured to said shaft adjacent't'o-its fixed end, a head mounted upon said shaft, means upon said head adapted to engage with the member upon said shaft for holding said headto its a justed position upon said shaft, :1 longi-.

tudinally-movable securing member disosed within said head upon the free end of said'shaft and adapted for engagement with the end thereof and with the outer end of said head, whereby to secure said head to its 130,

comprising a shank, a shaft ig. 5, the club may be adjusted position upon said shaft, and means for limiting the outward movement of said seru -i-ug member. substantially as specified.

:3. golf club eomprising a shank. a shaft extending therefrom. a longitudinally-ribbed member seeured to said shaft 'adjaeent to its liked end. a head mounted upon said shaft. means upon said head registering with the longitudinall v-ribbed member upon said shaft and adapted to engage therewith for holding said head to its adjusted position upon said shaft. :1 seeuring member disposed within said head and longitudinally-movable with reference to said shaft and adapted to engage the free end of said shaft and the outer eml of said head, whereby to hold said head to its adjusted position upon said shaft. and means for limiting the outward movement of said seenring member, substantially as speeilied.

4. A golf elub comprising a shank. a shaft extending therefrom. a head mounted upon said shaft. holding means arranged partly upon said shaft and partly upon said head for holding said head to its adjusted position upon said shaft. said head being longitudinally movable with respect to said shaft whereby it may be moved outwardly with respect thereto to render said holdingme ans inoperative. longitudinally-movable means operativelv assoeiated with said shaft and said head and serving when in its innermost position to hold said head against movement relatively to said shaft. and when in its outermost position to limit the outward movement of said head with respeet to said shaft. and means for limiting the outward movement of said longitmlinally-movable means. substantially as speeified.

5. A golf elub eomprising a shank. a shaft extending therefrom. a shoulder upon the end of said shank. a tapering member seeured to said shaft adjaeent to said shoulder but separated therefrom. radial projeetions upon said member. a head mounted upon said shaft. reeesses upon the inner end of said head adapted to engage with the. radial projeetions on said taperin nember for holding said head to its ad usted position upon said shaft: said shaft having its outer end redueed and sermv-threaded. and a sleeve member limgitudiwilly-movable within said head and seeured to the end of said shaft and adapted to engage-with the-end of said shaft aml with the end of said head. whereby to seeure said head to its adjusted position upon said shaft. substantially as speeified.

6. golf elub comprising a Sllillllv'. a shaft extending therefrom. a head mounted upon said shaft. holding means arranged partly shaft and adapted when in its innermost position to engage said head to hold it against longitudinal novement relativel to said shaft. said head ieing free to move. longitudinally of said sl aft when said member is in its outermost osition. and means to limit the outward nm'ement of said member, substantially as speri ied.

7. A golf elub eoinp'rising a shank, a shaft extending therefrom, a head mounted upon said shaft. holding means arranged partly upon said shaft and partly upon said head for holding said heal to its adjusted position upon said shaft. a longitmlinally-movable member engaging the free end of said shaft and adapted w] en in its innermost po sition to engage said head to hold it against longitudinal movement relatively to said shaft. said head being free to move longitudinally of said shaft vhen said member in its outermost, positior, and means secured to the free end of said shaft'to limit the out ward movement of said member, substantially as specified,

8. A golf club comprising a shank. a shaft extending therefrom. a shoulder upon the end of said shank. a conical member fixed upon said shaft adjatent to its fixed end but "separated from said 5 ioulder, a series of londueed 'portion exteriorly and interiorly' serew-thremled, a sleeve. member longitudn nall v-movable within said head upon the redueed end of said shaft and provided with a serew-thremled portion ada )tedto engage with the redueed exte ."iorly threaded portion of said shaft. and a locking screw disposed f within said sleeve meuber an secured within theinteriorlv thre: ded reduced portion of said shaft, substantially as s ified.

Signed at thew-ity of New York. in the eount and State ofNew York, this116th and sixteen.

LDUTS H. VORIES. \Vituesses (oxnan A. Drrrnan n, Jossrn G. QUlNN, Jr.

day of Mai-eh. one thousand nine hundred 

